QQS (eyes) Projects Society
Charitable organization · Bella Bella, British Columbia · BN 865164438RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,904,627) as filed with the CRA.
QQS (eyes) Projects Society is a charitable organization based in Bella Bella, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $520K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $910K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024.
In its own words
We provide youth science and cultural camps with COVID-related protocols including online programming We operate family healing camps with COVID-related protocols including online programming We provide language and cultural online program We oversee and maintain community gardens through our Granny's Garden program We oversee and maintain food security programs through our Granny’s Kitchen program We provide gardening instructions and resources to community members We provide workshops relating to food security and food preservation with COVID-related protocols including online pro…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $4,532 | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $3,775 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $866K | $914K | $859K | $1,404 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $889K | $988K | $923K | $3,581 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $910K | $855K | $783K | $20K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $520K from 16 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$195K
- United Way British Columbia$100K
- Makeway Foundation$50K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- The Sonor Foundation$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Vancity Community Foundation$20K
- Right To Food$10K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$10K
- The Sitka Foundation$7,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,439
- Vancity Community Foundation$750
- Vancity Community Foundation$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$500
- The Coffey Family Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$764K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from QQS (eyes) Projects Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865164438RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.